a 68 Of Cures Chyrurgical. Lib. IL 



CHAP. CXLIX. Of Blifiers. 



B Lifters are certain waterifh hollow Blebs which do arife betwixt the 

 Skin and the Flefh, proceeding either from flight Burnings^ Scald- 

 ings or Chafings, and they be very full of thin Matter. The Cure 

 thereof, according to the Opinion of the moft general Farriers^ is^ 

 Firftj in the Sun to fret them till they bleed ; then take the roots of 

 Ivy, and {lamping them in a Mortar, mix them with as much Tar^ 

 Brimftone and Allom, till they come to a Salve ; and then drefs the 

 Blifter therewith, and it will heal it, 



CHAP. CL. To take aivay all manner of BoneSj Knohs or any 



fuperfluous Flejh. 



WHen a Horfe hath any Bone growing upon any part of his Bo- 

 dy, more than natural, or when he hath. any lumps or bun- 

 ches of fuperfluous Flefh, otherwiie than of right doth belong to his 

 true proportion ; then fuch Bones, Knots, or Bunches are called Ex- 

 cretions, proceeding from tough and fiegmatick Subftances, ftirred 

 up either by moft fore Bruifts, imperfect healed Wounds, or other 

 naughty Putrefadion of the Blood, being moft apparent to the Eye, 

 and moft palpable to the Hand. 



Now for the Cure (according to the general Opinion of the moft 

 ancient Farriers) you Ihall firft ufe corrofive Medicines, after drawing 

 Medicines, and laftly drying Medicines ; or more particularly, thus 

 you fhall cure them ; firft, with an Incifion-knife, fcarifie the Excre- 

 tions, then apply Sulphur and Bitumen, or Coloquintida burnt and 

 fifted'i and when it hath eaten the Excretion away, then heal it up 

 with drying Salves, as Powder of Honey and Lime, or Bole-Armo- 

 niack, or fuch like. Other Farriers ufe^ after they have made the 

 Excretion to bleed well, then to take two ounces of the Afties of Vi- 

 tis, and as much unflack'd Lime, mixed with fix ounces of ftrongLee, 

 firft ftrained, then fod till half be confumed, and fo brought to a firm 

 Subftance • then keep it in a Glafs, in a dry place, and apply it to the 

 Excretion, till it have eaten it away, and then heal it up as is before- 

 faid. Other Farriers ufe to take a pound of ftrong Lee, and Soap, 

 and a quarter of a pound of Vitriol- Roman, one ounce of Sal-Arrao- 

 niack, and as much Roch- Allom, and boil them together until they be 

 very thick ; and then, with that Ointment eat away the Excretion. 

 Others ufe to take of i^gyptiacum the ftrongeft kind, and lay it on 

 the Excretion with a Cotton three or four times, and it will take it 

 clean away. This Medicine is moft excellent for any Splent^ and of 

 no fmall Importance, if it be ufed againft any Fiftula^ for it will fink 

 ir, although it were in the Crown. 



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